Organizing Space

This is a space in which participants can come together to network and begin organizing around various issues. The conference team will host some of the activities that will take place during this time. We also invite all conference participants to use this space to connect with others. This is a unique opportunity to begin national organizing conversations on education issues. Please email Tara at tara(at)edliberation.org if you have some ideas you would like to bring to the space.

As activities are developed we will add them to this list. So watch this space!

National Student Bill of Rights
Youth from cities across the country have been working since Free Minds, Free People 2009 to draft local bills of rights. These youth have organized this session to bring together youth from the conference to develop a national bill. That process will begin Saturday afternoon and continue during this time. All youth are invited. We will use this time to discuss the ideas for rights that were suggested Saturday and to develop next steps in this process.
Hosted by National Student Bill of Rights
 

Be the 2013 Host City
If your organization is interested in hosting Free Minds, Free People 2013 in your hometown, we strongly encourage you to participate this discussion. Representatives from the national planning team and previous host cities will talk about what it means to host Free Minds, Free People and what we are looking for in the next host city. Applications for hosting the conference will be available.
Hosted by Free MInds, Free People planning team

New England Organizing
If you are based in New England and you are committed to building community power for education justice please join us. Youth Organizers United for the Now Generation (YOUNG) Coalition invites you to exchange with folks interested in amplifying the power of the community to put the public into public education. In our time we want to connect with each other and start to create next steps that build off of the amazing energy of Free Minds Free People.
Hosted by the YOUNG Coalition